Blurred Lines Today we live in a world that keeps us on the run. There is a way to get in contact with anyone at any given time. There is no such thing as 'getting away' because we have created a society of people that want to be found. But it is also through this technology, the same one that keeps us connected to the outside world, that we can get lost. The simplest video game can help a person escape into a different reality, spending hours on end in front of a computer screen, looking for no...

Behind every great man lies a great women. In some cases the women herself may not always be good or ideal according to society. Nevertheless it seems to add character to the man, and also influences his actions and maybe even his morals. In Shakespearean literature, Shakespeare tends to use people to develop certain characters throughout the play. In Romeo and Juliet, Juliet is the person with the most influence on Romeo. This influence allows him to develop as a character and also helps develo...

Despite the title, Nick Carraway is the first character we meet, and appropriately his role in The Great Gatsby is crucial; without him the story would lack balance and insight. The first chapter is primarily dedicated to establishing his personality and position in the book, then moving on to Tom and Daisy. Nick is our guide in The Great Gatsby; he relates the story as he has seen it and from what others have told him. He strives at all times to be objective and to make balanced comments just a...

Nick Carraway In many novels there are controversial characters, or characters that cause controversy or problems. As in Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, there are several characters that fit this description. Both Myrtle Wilson and Jay Gatsby cause conflict between Daisy and Tom Buchanan. Because of these two characters, one of the biggest conflicts in the book arises. However, not all characters fit this description. There are characters that area major part of the storyline, but they are not th...

"The light of the world " In "the light of the world", by Ernest Hemingway, the main setting is a train station where our characters are sitting on a bench. The setting gives us time place and atmosphere; in addition it sheds light on the character nick. Showing his sensitivity to beauty and how na " ive he is. The setting also show's how nick is still just learning the way's of the world and just getting his feet wet. The physical setting involves a time in Nick's life where he is still young. ...

Theme of Bodies, Rest and Motion This is a story about searching and trying to find home. Four people are looking for their place in life. It's about belonging. They are at the beginning of the film living a superficial temporary existence. We have a character Nick who is a man lost, he is looking for a purpose, a sense of belonging and direction. He is disconnected from his family and even from society, from his job, from his girlfriend. He seeking and wanting and does not know what that is but...

THE CRADLE My book is called The Cradle by Arthur C. Clarke. The setting of this book takes place in sunny West Keys in Florida. The main characters in this book are Carol Dawson who is a Miami photojournalist. She takes pictures and writes stories about the pictures and sells them to the local news and newspaper. Nick Williams is a woman-hating Ivy League drop out who captains a boat for his own scuba diving company. Troy Jefferson is Nick's trusty crewman who aids Nick in the epic story. This ...

Nick, one of the most sophisticated characters in Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby", makes a potent narrator due to the fact that his characteristics are a key to analyzing the other characters. As the novel proceeds Nick is the most reliable source for the reader to create his / her opinion about the other characters. The most significant reason why Nick appears as the narrator is because he supplies the reader with a contrast to the other characters in the book. Nick is a moralist, who wishes th...

Nick Carraway's Look at Man Nick Carraway, the first character introduced in Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, is primarily acts as the "guide and pathfinder"; he relates the story from what others have told him. He strives at all times to be objective, and his comments are balanced. His amusingly contemptuous remarks show his sense of humor, and although he is straight-laced, he does not bore the reader. Nick is introduced directly, but Gatsby remains a distant character for a good while. The esta...

Ernest Hemingway has written many books, which have heralded him as a great author, but there is one novel that seems to have questions swirling about it, In Our Time. In this novel the main character is in question, you are unable to tell right away whether the chapters / stories are linked together as a novel, or if they are all separate short stories. Having read the book, and having done a background check on Ernest Hemingway the person, it is apparent that the stories are linked together an...